SF 3, KC 2; congrats, Giants and Warren!

San Francisco continues its dynastic tradition of winning it all in even years; the BPP continues its dynastic something-or-other by crowning a new winner almost every year. Congratulations to the Giants, their fans, and at long last Warren Tormey. He's endured a number of basement-y outings but has finally prevailed. Well done, sir.

Your final points:

Gordon 4
Sandoval 6

Bumgarner 9

And your final standings:

TORMEY: 192 ($140)
Reid: 163.34 ($40)
Brady: 156.67 ($20)

Richardson: 110.67
Bingham: 94
Bunting: ...snerk


Our MVP, of course, is Mr. Madison Bumgarner; our LVP in '14 is the collective Nationals lineup; and the Shane Victorino Memorial Unpicked Hero Award is given, in gloriously loving slo-mo, to Hunter Pence, along with a year's supply of razors and Pantene Pro-V.

Thanks again for playing the BPP, everyone, and I hope to see you all next year, knives sharpened and pointed at the professor. ;-) Moneys will go out today; if you see any expensive arithmetic errors, please let me know ASAP.

'Til spring training...

KC 10, SF 0

Well, that's one way to take it to a Game 7 -- and after all the romantical shots of Hunter Pence hitting things and catching things and sheltering things in his pubey beard, it was kind of nice to see KC crap all over that with a blowout.

Points!

Gordon 2
Hosmer 4
Sandoval 1

Tormey widens his lead; otherwise no change worth mentioning.

Tormey 177
Reid 154.34
Brady 147.67

Richardson 106.67
Bingham 94
Bunting 87.33

Last licks of 2014, y'all. See you here tomorrow for winners, payouts, and a slo-mo video of Hunter Pence spooning with the Shane Victorino Memorial Why Didn't We Pick That Guy trophy.

SF 5, KC 0

Let's hope THIS one posts in a timely fashion...

Now it's do or die for the Royals. The FOX booth made much of how they're up against the wall, but...it's the FOX booth. They have a day off, and two games at home. I don't actually expect them to win, but it's not as dire as Reynolds et al. made it out to be either.

With that said, SF picks are the clear winners/MVPs of the pool this year, as Bumgarner picked up not just his regulation 17 but another 3 for the complete game. Your points:

Hosmer 1
Posey 1
Sandoval 4

Bumgarner 20
Shields 9

Tormey widens his lead considerably thanks to Big Game Panda:

Tormey: 172
Reid 154.34
Brady 147.67

Richardson 104.67
Bingham 94
Bunting 83.33

Unless Posey hits like 16 home runs in the next game, this is probably the order of finish, but it's a strange game, baseball, and that's why you play the games. See you back here on Tuesday!

KC 3, SF 2

So sorry not to post an update until the second inning of the next game!** I was traveling and today was a wash. Glad to see the Royals take a series lead, though.

Points:
Gordon 3
Hosmer 1

Reid clings to a spiderweb of a lead, Richardson breaks the three-digit barrier, AND I'M ABOUT TO BREAK OUT OF THE EIGHTIES, WOO-HOOOOOO!

...Okay, no huge changes.

Reid 131.34
Tormey 131
Brady 124.67

Richardson 101.67

Bingham 91

Bunting 77.33

** And this didn't even publish until this afternoon...sorry about that, not sure what Blogger's issue was last night. Apologies!

SF 11, KC 4

You'd think, in a double-digit blitzkrieg, Posey could muster more than a single total base. Nope!

The Classic's all even and the aces head back to the mound tonight. This is probably Frisco's game to lose if they can hit even a tiny bit.

Points:

Gordon 3
Hosmer 5
Posey 2
Sandoval 2

And we have a new leader! Tormey jumps to the front at last with the help of Big Panda and Hoz:

Tormey 138
Reid 133.34
Brady 126.67

Richardson 104.67

Bingham 93

Bunting 82.33

And that lead looks to get even wider with both Bumgarner and Shields taking the mound tonight. Plot twiiiiiiists!

KC 7, SF 2

Well, that's a relief -- I never enjoy a Series sweep, because it means baseball is over for the year more quickly. We'll at least get a Game 5, yay!

Points, yay!

Hosmer 1
Posey 1
Sandoval 3

Big Panda continues to look like a decisive pick (and Gordon too, in his own disappointing way) as Tormey inches closer to Reid.

Reid 131.34
Tormey 130
Brady 124.67

Richardson 98.67
Bingham 91

Bunting 76.33

Today's a travel day, so we'll convene again on Friday night with Guthrie facing Hudson at AT&T Park.

SF 7, KC 1

Hello again! We're back, and it's the World Series. I didn't do much reading prior to last night's game, but the browsing I did do indicated, to my surprise, that the Giants are favored here. Certainly last night's businesslike thumping of Mr. Shields bore that out; as Brady put it, San Francisco has "been there," and I don't give a ton of credence to that sort of thing...but in this case it might make the difference.

That, and pitching in a short series. I'm not sure the Royals have enough starter-wise to prevail here. God knows the KC hitter picks around here aren't making up the difference.

Your points!

Posey 1
Sandoval 4

MadBum 11
Shields 3

Standings, hit the jump.